From Gary Drinkard, member of Witness to Innocence, while on Alabama's death row member of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty, since his release member of our Advisory Board:

Our justice system has a name ----SATAN----and it is stealing souls daily leaving blood on most Americans' hands, even the ones that don't support capital punishment. It breeds hate into loving families, it destroys the innocent lives of children on both sides of the issue, the victims as well as the families of the perpetrator,,,,,,We must stop this insane monster!!!!!!!!!!

I am writing to ask you to commute the death sentence of Christopher Johnson, who is scheduled for execution on October 20, 2011. You have a tremendous opportunity to offer unsolicited mercy, as it is evident that Mr. Johnson will not be requesting clemency.

OUR VIEW: The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't allow an Alabama Death Row inmate to be executed without federal review of his casePublished: Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 5:45 AM By Birmingham News editorial board The Birmingham News

Does the U.S. Supreme Court value life, albeit a deeply flawed one, as much as it does a piece of property?

That, in a manner of speaking, is at the crux of a case involving a Death Row inmate from Alabama that the high court will hear today.